House on the Villa Street - Residence Toro-Cortada - Old Centro Español - Ponce - 2014 00009
Description
Front view of a house on the Villa street from the coastal city of Ponce. The house has two floors made of brick masonry with characteristics of the Neoclassic style. The second floor has an open balcony with a balustrade. In addition, it has rectangular windows crowned with entablatures with ornamental moldings, dentils and acroterium. Between the windows there are bossage pilasters that in turn support a continuous entablature with dentils, an ornamental frieze and a continuous cornice above which it rests a balustrade modulated by square pillars with spherical finishes. The frieze is interrupted in the middle by a semicircular pediment. The residence known as Casa Toro Cortada and Old Centro Español was built in 1911. Subsequently, 1961 it was sold and turned into a social centre, it remained in continuous use until 1970 when it came into the hands of the Office of the State Insurance Fund Corporation until 1989.| Origin Name |
Casa en la calle Villa - Residencia Toro-Cortada - Antiguo Centro Español - Ponce - 2014 00009
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| Relation |
Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > Ponce (PRHBDS) > Casa en la calle Villa - Residencia Vilariño - Antiguo Centro Español
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| Geographical Coverage |
Ponce
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| Date |
2014
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| Descriptive Notes |
Original name of provenience and the title were assigned by the Project Puerto Rico Architectural Heritage (PRAHA). The general description contains information took from the official Facebook page of Puerto Rico Historic Building Drawing Society.
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| Rights |
English Rights. (hyperlink)
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| Editor |
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
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| Resource Format |
JPEG
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| Resource Type |
Image
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